Rope-holding device.



No. 756,418. A PATENTED APR. 5, 1904.

A. M. SEYSTER.

ROPE HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1903. N0 MODEL.

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ATENT OFFICE.

ROPE-HOLDING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 756,418, dated. April 5, 1904.

Application filed September 24, 1903. Serial No. 174,392. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ART UR M. SEYs'rER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hiawatha, in the county of Brown and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rope-Holding Devices, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rope-holding devices.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which will securely hold without tying thei end of a rope, strap, or similar flexible artic e.

My invention provides a novel form of hook to which the end of the rope or strap may be securely fastened without knotting the rope or strap and which will permit the ready disengagement of the rope or strap.

The peculiar and novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation View of the device having secured thereto one end of a rope. Fig. 2 is a side elevation view taken at right angles to the position from which Fig. 1 was taken. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the dotted line a Z) of Fig. 1, the rope being omitted. Fig. 1 is a similar View taken on the dotted line 0 (Z of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation view of a form of my invention in which a pivoted member is employed to assist in retaining the rope engaged with the hook. Fig. 6 is a side elevation view of the lower end of the device shown in Fig. 5, taken from the opposite side from the side from which Fig. 5 was taken. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the lower end or finger extended in the form of a coil to receive the rope. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the form shown in Fig. 7.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts.

Referring particularly to the first four figures, 1 denotes the body of the device having substantially the shape of the letter S. In opposite side edges of the body and disposed one above the other are two recesses 2 and 3, the upper recess 2 having its lower side preferably concave in form, so as to form a seat for the rope 4.. Disposed in the upper end of the body 1 in alinement with and above the recesses 2 and 3 is a transverse hole 5, in which is secured, preferably, a ring 6, which serves as a supporting device for the body. Opposite the recess 2 and above the recess 3 is provided a projection 7, which forms a seat over which the rope may be drawn prior to fastening the rope. Upon one side of the body 1 between the recesses 2 and 3 and to the leftof the rope 4:, as viewed in Fig. 1, is a curved or hook-like projection 8, which prevents the rope from moving outwardly in the recess 3. The projection 8 has its base disposed to the left of the rope and its curved outer end extending over the side of the rope opposite the side lying against the body. This hook-like form prevents the rope moving away from the body, as well as prevents the rope moving at right angles in the opposite direction out of the recess 3. In the lower end of the body 1 on the side opposite the projection 8 is provided below the recess 8 a longitudinal recess 9, which also engages the rope and prevents outward movement thereof from the re-v cess 3.

In operating this form of my invention, the device being suspended by means of the ring 6, the rope has one free end passed around the body through the recess 2 and upon the shoulder or projection 7. After the rope has been drawn over the shoulder 7 as tight as desired the rope is forced under that portion lying upon the forward side of the body, as viewed in Fig. 1. The tighter the rope be pulled now from the other end the tighter will the end which has been forced under the upwardly-extending portion be clamped upon the body. Then to securely look the rope in position that portion below the horizontal portion will be forced into the recesses 3 and 9 and under the projection 8., In so disposing the rope it will be kinked or curved from a straight line, as shown in Fig. 2, and the more weight that is placed upon the rope the more tightly will it be clamped in the device. The recesses 2, 3, and 9 and the hole 5 are all disposed in alinement. To release the rope, it is but necessary to force it from the recess 9, then from the recess 3 and from under the projection 8, at which time the end of the rope Other modifications may be resorted to with-' out departing from the spirit of my invention. The member 10 may be of resilient material, so as to spring to conform to the thickness of the rope used.

When the plate 10 is not used, the lower end of the hook (indicated by 11) may be extended or prolonged into the form of a coil, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, and the rope after insertion in the recess 3 may be forced into the coil 11 from the open side thereof. The rope will thus be retained by the coil-finger 11" in the recess 3.

While I have particularly described the use of my invention applied to a rope, it is obvious that any equiva1entdevice-such as a strap, chain, or other flexible articlemay be used therewith.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rope-holding hook comprising a body having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body and adapted to receive therein the rope, the body being provided with a supporting device located in alinement with the recesses, and locking means for preventing disengagement of the rope from the lower recess.

2. A rope-holding hook comprising a body having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body and adapted to receive therein the rope, a supporting shoulder on the body above the lower recess but in the same edge of the body, a supporting device located in alinement with the two recesses above the upper recess, and means for locking the rope against movement outwardly in the lower recess.

3. A rope-holding hook comprising a body having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body and adapted to receive the rope therein, a supporting device located in alinement with the two recesses and above the upper recess, and a projection on one side of the body between the two recesses and disposed in a position to prevent movement of rope out of the lower recess.

4:. A rope-holding hook comprising abody having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body and adapted'to receive therein the rope, a supporting device located in alinement with the recesses and above the upper recess, and a projection on one side of the body between the recesses and disposed in a position to prevent movement outward of the rope in the lower recess, the said projection extending toward the edge of the body in which is located the upper recess toa point in which it will embrace the side of the rope opposite the body when the rope is disposed in said recesses.

5. .A rope-holding hook comprising abody having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body and adapted to receive the rope therein, a supporting device located in alinement with the recesses and above the upper recess, a rope-supporting shoulder on the edge in which is located the lower recess and disposed opposite the upper recess, and a curved projection on one side of the body between the two recesses, the curvature and disposition of said projection being such that the projection will embrace the rope and prevent its movement in one direction outwardly in the lower recess or in a direction at right angles to the said direction.

6. A rope-holding hook comprising a body having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body and adapted to receive the rope therein, a supporting device located in alinement with the recesses, a projection on one side of the body between the two recesses and disposed on the side of the body in which is located the lower recess, the body being provided below the lower recess and upon the side opposite the said projection with means for retaining the rope in the lower recess.

7. A rope-holding hook comprising a body having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body, the upper recess having a seat to receive the rope, a seat opposite the upper recess and above the lower one to receive the rope, a hook-shaped projection on one side of the body between the two recesses, the end of said projection extending beyond a line connecting the centers of the two recesses, the body being provided with a securing-hole disposed in alinement with the two recesses and above the upper recess.

8. A rope-holding hook comprising a body having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body, a projection on one side of the body between said recesses, a third recess disposed in the side of the body opposite the side having said projection and disposed in alinement with and below the said two recesses, and a supporting device located above and in alinement with the said three recesses.

9. A rope-holding hook comprising a body having two recesses disposed one above the other in opposite edges of the body, a projection on one side of the body between said recesses adapted to embrace the rope and disposed on the side of the rope adjacent the mouth of the lower recess, and a curved finger In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in on the side of the body opposite the said propresence of two witnesses. jection and disposed below the lower recess and adapted to embrace that portion of the'rope ARTHUR SEYSTER' 5 lying in said lower recess, and a supporting Witnesses:

device disposed above and in alinement with F. C. KERN,

the said recesses. A. T. WATERS. 

